Honors Course Offerings

The following Honors sections will be offered in the Fall of 2012:

GSR 101 First Year Seminar (3 credits)
The purpose of this course is to help new college students make a successful transition to the intellectual and personal demands of college. In this course, students will complete a wide variety of experiences that will help them address these essential questions: Who am I, and how did I get here? What is college all about? Where am I going, and how do I get there? This course is offered as part of a Learning Cluster which integrates GSR 101 (First Year Seminar), GSR 102 (Critical Reading and Writing) and GSR 103 (American Sign Language and Deaf Studies). The professors will work together to design reading, writing, ASL assignments that are meaningful and relevant to the students' lives as new college students.
Honors Instructor(s):  Geoffrey Whitebread

GSR 102 Critical Reading and Writing (3 credits)
This course is offered as part of a Learning Cluster which integrates GSR 101 (First Year Seminar), GSR 102 (Critical Reading and Writing), and GSR 103 (American Sign Language and Deaf Studies). This course will focus on specific critical reading and writing skills that students need to succeed in their future coursework. Reading and writing activities and assignments will parallel First Year Seminar learning experiences.
Honors Instructor(s): Jennifer Nelson

HON 488 Honors Capstone Seminar Project (1 credit)
This is a mostly online course with occasional class meetings.  Course content will cover preparations for graduate school applications and/or career preparation, tailored to each student's goals.  Students will independently work on project proposed in HON487. Modification of the project may be made with the consent of the project director, a second advisor, the Capstone Coordinator, and the Honors Council. 
Prerequisite: Good standing in University Capstone Honors, senior status, permission of appropriate departments, per- mission of the Honors Council, and successful completion of HON 487, and permission of the instructor.
Honors Instructor(s): Geoffrey Whitebread and Regina Nuzzo

Honors Contracts

Students interested in completing 200 level courses or higher as Honors courses may complete an Honors Option Contract in that course.  For more information on the requirements for setting up an Honors Option contract, see here.  The deadline for Honors Contracts to be signed by the Honors Director is Friday, September 7, 2012.